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:''"Homer", "Homeric", and "Homerus" redirect here. For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation), Homeric (disambiguation), Homerus (disambiguation)
'''Homer''' ( , ''Hómēros'') is best known as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey''. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the Epic poetry|epic poets. Author of the first known literature of Europe, he had a lasting effect on the Western canon.
Whether and when he lived is unknown. Herodotus estimates that Homer lived 400 years before his own time, which would place him at around 850 BCE.Herodotus 2.53.Life of Homer (Pseudo-Herodotus)|Pseudo-Herodotus estimates that he was born 622 years before Xerxes I placed a pontoon bridge over the Hellespont in 480 BCE, which would place him at 1102 BCE, 168 years after the Trojan War|fall of Troy in 1270 BCE. These two end points...

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The story of Achilles, a very proud Greek warrior that gets caught in a war between Greece and Troy over the love of the beautiful Helen, known as "the face that launched a thousand ships." Suggested Reading Level: US (Upper Secondary) OR UG (Undergrad) Topics: Trojan War--Poetry, Achilles (Greek mythology)--Poetry, Helen of Troy (Greek mythology)--Poetry,...